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Monday, August 25, 2014

2014 NASCAR Chase Grid Heading into Atlanta

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (August 26, 2014) – With the regular season coming to an end, winless drivers are feeling a strong sense of urgency for a victory – and the spot in the Chase for the NASCAR Sprint Cup that goes with it. Below are the statistics of a number of those drivers at Atlanta Motor Speedway in Hampton, Georgia going into the Oral-B USA 500 on August 31 (7:30 p.m. ET on ESPN, PRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio).

2014 Chase Grid Outlook

Pos.

Drivers

Wins

Points

Chase Bonus Pts

1

Jeff Gordon

3

845

9

2

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

3

818

9

3

Brad Keselowski

3

776

9

4

Joey Logano

3

761

9

5

Jimmie Johnson

3

726

9

6

Kevin Harvick

2

721

6

7

Carl Edwards

2

716

6

8

Kyle Busch

1

629

3

9

Denny Hamlin

1

594

3

10

AJ Allmendinger

1

586

3

11

Kurt Busch

1

582

3

12

Aric Almirola

1

559

3

13

Matt Kenseth

0

751

0

14

Ryan Newman

0

710

0

15

Clint Bowyer

0

699

0

16

Greg Biffle

0

694

0

Outside Looking In

17

Kyle Larson

0

668

0

18

Kasey Kahne

0

661

0

19

Austin Dillon

0

654

0

20

Paul Menard

0

649

0

21

Jamie McMurray

0

634

0

22

Marcos Ambrose

0

626

0

23

Brian Vickers

0

621

0

24

Casey Mears

0

561

0

25

Martin Truex Jr.

0

540

0

26

Tony Stewart

0

537

0

27

Ricky Stenhouse Jr.

0

514

0

28

Danica Patrick

0

462

0

29

Justin Allgaier

0

425

0

30

David Gilliland

0

376

0

Green = Locked into the Chase, provided they attempt to qualify for the remaining four races

Orange = No wins, Inside the current Chase Grid's top 16 - Currently in the Chase, not locked in

Red = Inside the current top 30 in points, outside of the Chase cutoff

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